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AI and a codebook from pilot transcripts
Use AI to propose an initial qualitative codebook from a few pilot transcripts so your team can debate it before full coding.
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- 1The premise
- 2codebook
- 3qualitative coding
- 4inductive
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Section 1
The premise
First-pass codebooks are tedious to draft alone. AI can suggest codes inductively; the team owns the final taxonomy.
What AI does well here
- Suggest codes grouped by parent theme.
- Quote one transcript snippet as evidence per code.
- Flag overlapping codes that should merge.
What AI cannot do
- Replace team consensus on what a code means.
- Capture meaning that depends on tone or pause.
- Calculate intercoder reliability for you.
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